James Burke
Biography
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James Burke (September 24, 1886 – May 23, 1968) was an American film and television actor born in New York City. He made his stage debut in New York around 1912 and went to Hollywood in 1933. He made over 200 film appearances during his career, which ranged from 1932 to 1964; he was more often than not cast as a cop, usually a none-too-bright one, most notably as Sgt. Velie in Columbia's Ellery Queen mysteries in the early 1940s. He appeared in The Maltese Falcon, At the Circus, Lone Star, and many others. One of his best roles was as Charles Ruggles' rowdy rancher pal in Ruggles of Red Gap.
In the early 1950s, Burke appeared with Tom Conway in the ABC detective drama series then called Inspector Mark Saber -- Homicide Detective, later renamed, reformatted, and switched to NBC under the title Saber of London. From 1960-1961, Burke appeared in the role of Zeke Bonner in seven episodes of the ABC western television series Stagecoach West, starring Wayne Rogers, Robert Bray, and Richard Eyer.
Burke suffered from a heart condition, which took his life at the age of eighty-one.
Acting (154 movies)
The Maltese Falcon
1941
The Big Clock
1948
Public Pigeon No. 1
1957
We're Not Married!
1952
At the Circus
1939
Bombshell
1933
Lucky Me
1954
Welcome Home
1935
Lady Killer
1933
Dead End
1937
Beau Geste
1939
All Through the Night
1942
36 Hours to Kill
1936
Toughest Man in Arizona
1952
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
1940
The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945
Great Guy
1936
Bowery Bombshell
1946
Body and Soul
1947
The Dawn Patrol
1938
Such Women Are Dangerous
1934
The Saint Strikes Back
1939
A Close Call for Ellery Queen
1942
A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen
1942
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
1941
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
1942
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
1941
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
1940
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
1941
Philo Vance's Gamble
1947
Love Time
1934
The Saint Takes Over
1940
Little Miss Marker
1934
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935
A Night to Remember
1942
Million Dollar Baby
1941
My Favorite Blonde
1942
Six of a Kind
1934
Warpath
1951
The Last Outpost
1951
The Golden Fleecing
1940
College Humor
1933
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
1939
Raton Pass
1951
The Scarlet Empress
1934
Here Comes Cookie
1935
Ticket to a Crime
1934
Dinky
1935
Easy Come, Easy Go
1947
Men with Wings
1938
You Can't Take It with You
1938
So Red the Rose
1935
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1948
Let's Dance
1950
Casanova Brown
1944
On Borrowed Time
1939
The Perfect Specimen
1937
Anchors Aweigh
1945
Two Years Before the Mast
1946
To the Last Man
1933
Joy of Living
1938
June Bride
1948
The Mad Miss Manton
1938
Call of the Wild
1935
Shamrock Hill
1949
The Affair of Susan
1935
Treasure Island
1934
High, Wide and Handsome
1937
The Mystery Man
1935
Lone Star
1952
Lady by Choice
1934
Down to Earth
1947
Army Surgeon
1942
The Affairs of Annabel
1938
A Very Honorable Guy
1934
Dixie
1943
Broadway Gondolier
1935
After the Dance
1935
The Family Next Door
1939
City Limits
1934
Music Is Magic
1935
Dancing Feet
1936
I Love a Bandleader
1945
Laughing at Trouble
1936
Face in the Sky
1933
The Unholy Wife
1957
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
1934
Within the Law
1939
Dodge City
1939
Fast and Furious
1939
It Happened One Night
1934
Song and Dance Man
1936
Make a Million
1935
Klondike Annie
1936
The Timber Trail
1948
The Virginian
1946
3 Men in White
1944
Beyond Glory
1948
Denver and Rio Grande
1952
It Happened in Flatbush
1942
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